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dc.contributor.authorPääkkönen, Mirva
dc.contributor.authorBlauer, Auli
dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Bjørnar Julius
dc.contributor.authorEvershed, Richard P.
dc.contributor.authorAsplund, Henrik
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-25T08:46:43Z
dc.date.available2019-03-25T08:46:43Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-18
dc.description.abstractCurrent archaeological evidence indicates the transition from hunting-fishing-gathering to agriculture in Northern Europe was a gradual process. This transition was especially complex in the prehistoric North Fennoscandian landscape where the high latitude posed a challenge to both domestic animal breeding and cereal cultivation. The conditions varied, the coastal dwellers had access to rich marine resources and enjoyed a milder climate due to the Gulf Stream, while those living in the inland Boreal forest zone faced longer and colder winters and less diversity in animal and plant resources. Thus, the coastal area provided more favourable conditions for early agriculture compared to those found inland. Interestingly, a cultural differentiation between these areas is archaeologically visible from the late 2<sup>nd</sup> millennium BC onwards. This is most clearly seen in regionally distinct pottery styles, offering unique opportunities to probe diet and subsistence through the organic residues preserved in ceramic vessels. Herein, we integrate the lipid biomarker, compound-specific stable carbon isotopes (δ<sup>13</sup>C), and zooarchaeological evidence to reveal culturally distinct human diets and subsistence patterns. In northern Norway, some of the coastal people adopted dairying as part of their subsistence strategy, while the inhabitants of the interior, in common with northern Finland, continued their hunter-gatherer-fisher lifestyles.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Academy of Finland The Turku University Foundation (FP7-IDEAS-ERC/324202) for support The UK Natural Environment Research Councilen_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19409-8> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19409-8</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPääkkönen, M., Blauer, A., Olsen, B.J., Evershed, R.P. & Asplund, H. (2018). Contrasting patterns of prehistoric human diet and subsistence in northernmost Europe. <i>Scientific Reports, 8</i>(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19409-8en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1587150
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-018-19409-8
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/15054
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherNature Researchen_US
dc.relation.journalScientific Reports
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES/EU/PRACE - Third Implementation Phase Project/PRACE-3IP/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Archeology: 090::Nordic archeology: 091en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Arkeologi: 090::Nordisk arkeologi: 091en_US
dc.titleContrasting patterns of prehistoric human diet and subsistence in northernmost Europeen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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